Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-11

mained through Sunday and Monday, max
ing himself useful in many ways.
Henry Tewkshury If West Randolph,
well known as lawyer and lecturer, was
i'm the forward passenger coach and was
rescued with one arm aud one leg broken.
His injuries were at first reported fatal, but
he will recover
Henry Mott Of Alburgh man well
known in the state, and whose business is
that Of a Spectator was ON his way home
from New York and went into the sleeper
Mt Bellows Falls. He went to sleep immc-
diately aud knew no more till =. NJ, Sat
urdav, when he regained consciousness.
He is seriously injured, but has no knowl
edge Of the accident
One Of the incidents Of hcroism reported
| is that Of young French girl from Mont
| real who escaped through window in her
night dress When she reached the ice
| barcfooted she heard a man grooming, and
turning back, pulled an injured man from
| the wreck tore her night dress to bind his
wounds, and dragged him to the farm house
near by, where the dead aud injured were
! first taken.
one of the waits of the wreck was IA four
| years old boy who was found unhurt and
| unaccompanied on the ice II proved that
he was a French boy named Bouanger from
! HolyoIe ON his way to Canada with an old
er brother and sister who were burned.
Tuesday the mother came up with the may
or of Holyoke and the meeting between her
and the little boy was most affecting.
All day Saturday, Sunday and Monday
| people ilockcd 10 the wreck 10y the thous-
and, driving in in many cases from dis
lance Of - or 30 miles. The scene was
like that at our narrow gauge disaster with
the excitement increased ten fold.
As nearly as can be asccrtained there
were passengers in the sleeper "St. Al
bans, which passed through Bruttleboro
and 20 in the day coach in the Pilgrim -
from Boston, there we're - or IL passengers
and % in the day coach Many Of these
passengers were on their way to attend the
Montreal carnival.
At farm house on the south side Of the
river is a woman who was rescued from "A
sleeper without clothing. Becoming crazcd
she started away, crawling on her hands
aud knees ON the ice, and was found some
time after 4 mattress was procured and
she was laid ON It while the rcscuers went
for Il sled to draw her back When they
returned il was found that the mattress was
burning under her from the fire in it when
it was taken from the wreck and She was
unable to move. She was terribly burned
after being frozen.
The accident he, had the effect To lessen
greatly the attendance OH the Montreal cur
nival. Not nearly as many people have
gone from New York as the railroad com
panies expected and provided for.
The rumur that Mrs, Horace Fuirbank.
Of IT. Johnsbury was killed, and that her
husband, the ex-governor, was looking for
her remains was wholly unfounded.
IN l. 4 L l.
and cinders taken from the wreck were
found 10 be silver coins melted together IN
"A solid mass One lump proved 10 be com
posed Of dozen or more so and $50 gold
pieces fused to almost "A solid mass.
1t !, said that Conductor Burgess Of the
sleeping car "St Alhans. who was ainons
the killed. was tu have been married Satur
day. but could not arrange Ia get leave oi
absence
one Of the ,srimly ludicrous incidents Of
the disaster was that Of the woman who's,
dress began to tear nS the train men pulle,
| hcrthrDugh window and She begged then
, to be- careful and not tear it more
Actual measurement show that the hruk
en- rail was located 30 rpl- from the end al
the bridge It was broken into seyera
, pieces 1t was broken ON the inside curve
aud the wreck landed ON the same side
. south of the bridge The whole Contra
Vermont roadhcd Is laid with the hest ,tee
rails, weighing 60 pounds tu the yard
The company it is said, ha. relaid abou
800 feet of track ON the south side of Tia,
o river, and the inference Is that there wa
, something to conceal This is a natural in
ference, hut however this may be it is a fac
that the track was much torn up and injur
ed, and II was necessary 10 repair 1t at one,
u IN order To- haul trestle timber to the spot.
, While the break is being closed up. al
freight Is sent over the Wells River or Rut
De- land roads Passengers from and to point
y north Of Montpelier are sent via Wells Riv
, or, while for local points below Montpeie
transfer Is made around the break
D The damage to rolling stock Is estimate,
at $50, 900 4 wooden bridge like the oil,
one would cost S20. 900. but an iron ON
Re- costing s3O,WO will probably be built
1t is said that "A Boston company l. u
q work ON the construction of a passcuge
car made entirely of malleable steel, whc
- they believe viii bee stronger and safer thai
any car now in use. The cost is said to b
no more than for the present style Of car
1t is said that two bridges across tn
White river have been burned at this plac
e previously, the first over 80 years ago.